Letter: City manager is incompetent

The new Battle Creek Commission is settling in and they are starting to come to terms with the many issues before them.

One issue that they are regretfully realizing is the incompetency of City Manager, Ken Tsuchiyama. On Dec. 3, they unanimously agreed to allow the city to enter into a contract for demolition of the dilapidated buildings along the northeast corridor of Capital Avenue.

I know many of the commissioners have had correspondence with the residents for years about these awful buildings and they were probably grateful to write them off once and for all.

Afterward, Mr. Tsuchiyama, without the consent of the Commission, agreed to write up a contract with the building owners to give them an additional six months to get these buildings under code.

When word got out, there were a couple of angry residents at the Jan. 21 commission meeting. So the Commission added a resolution to (again!) vote to demolish the buildings.

The only reason they could do this was because the contracts were not yet signed.

Mr. Tsuchiyama took it upon himself to undermine and circumvent a direct order from the Commission.

It was just as bad that the Enquirer didn't write one word of what was unfolding.

I can't help but to think that when the Commission does oust Mr. Tsuchiyama, the Enquirer will go after the "bad guys" on the Commission again.

Maybe if the truth was reported all along, more people would understand and appreciate the decisions our Commission is making.

Autumn Smith

Athens

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Letter: City manager is incompetent

The new Battle Creek Commission is settling in and they are starting to come to terms with the many issues before them.